Whelen CW0BAAAA User Manual

ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.

51 Winthrop Road Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684

Century™ Wrecker Lightbar

Installation Guide:

Phone: (860) 526-9504 Fax: (860) 526-4078 Internet: www.whelen.com Sales e-mail: autosale@whelen.com Canadian Sales e-mail: canadiansales@whelen.com Customer Service e-mail: custserv@whelen.com

Safety First

This document provides all the necessary information to allow your Whelen product to be properly and safely installed. Before beginning the installation and/or operation of your new product, the installation technician and operator must read this manual completely. Important information is contained herein that could prevent serious injury or damage.

• Proper installation of this product requires the installer to have a good understanding of automotive electronics, systems and procedures.

• Failure to use specified installation parts and/or hardware will void the product warranty!

• If mounting this product requires drilling holes, the installer MUST be sure that no vehicle components or other vital parts could be damaged by the drilling process. Check both sides of the mounting surface before drilling begins. Also de-burr any holes and remove any metal shards or remnants. Install grommets into all wire passage holes.

• If this manual states that this product may be mounted with suction cups, magnets, tape or Velcro®, clean the mounting surface with a 50/50 mix of isopropyl alcohol and water and dry thoroughly.

• Do not install this product or route any wires in the deployment area of your air bag. Equipment mounted or located in the air bag deployment area will damage or reduce the effectiveness of the air bag, or become a projectile that could cause serious personal injury or death. Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for the air bag deployment area. The User/Installer assumes full responsibility to determine proper mounting location, based on providing ultimate safety to all passengers inside the vehicle.

• For this product to operate at optimum efficiency, a good electrical connection to chassis ground must be made. The recommended procedure requires the product ground wire to be connected directly to the NEGATIVE (-) battery post.

• If this product uses a remote device to activate or control this product, make sure that this control is located in an area that allows both the vehicle and the control to be operated safely in any driving condition.

• Do not attempt to activate or control this device in a hazardous driving situation.

• This product contains either strobe light(s), halogen light(s), high-intensity LEDs or a combination of these lights. Do not stare directly into these lights. Momentary blindness and/or eye damage could result.

• Use only soap and water to clean the outer lens. Use of other chemicals could result in premature lens cracking (crazing) and discoloration. Lenses in this condition have significantly reduced effectiveness and should be replaced immediately. Inspect and operate this product regularly to confirm its proper operation and mounting condition. Do not use a pressure washer to clean this product.

• It is recommended that these instructions be stored in a safe place and referred to when performing maintenance and/or reinstallation of this product.

• FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE PRODUCT OR VEHICLE AND/OR SERIOUS INJURY TO YOU AND YOUR PASSENGERS!

Automotive: Lightbars

For warranty information regarding this product, visit www.whelen.com/warranty

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WHT

RED

GRN

BLACK

RED

RED/WHT

BLK

BLK/WHT

BLK

BLUE

WHITE

GREEN

ORANGE

RED

(+) TAIL LIGHT

(+) LEFT TURN

(+) RIGHT TURN

(-) GROUND

(+) FRONT LEDS

(+) REAR LEDS

(-) FRONT LEDS

(-) REAR LEDS

GROUND

LOW POWER

(+) WORKLIGHT

(+) PATTERN OVERIDE

(+) AUX / UNUSED

(+) SCANLOCK

Wire Function

BRAKE-TAIL-TURN

Fuse

10 Amp

5 Amp

1 Amp

All fuses and switches are customer supplied

BATTERY

SPST Switches

Momentary Switch

Century Wrecker Lightbar

WHT (-) GND BRN (+) TAIL YEL (+) TURN

RIGHT - BRAKE

TAIL TURN LIGHT

LEFT - BRAKE

TAIL TURN LIGHT

TO GROUND (BLK) TO TAIL (WHT) TO LEFT TURN (RED)

TO GROUND (BLK) TO TAIL (WHT) TO RIGHT TURN (GRN)

IMPORTANT! The lightbar should be a minimum

3/8" FLAT WASHER (1)

1/4 - 20 X 1/2 ALLEN SET SCREW (1)

STUD MOUNT BRACKET (1)

STUD MOUNT

MOUNTING SURFACE

3/8" mounting hole

3/8" SPLIT LOCK WASHER (1)

3/8 - 16 HEX NUT (1)

Secure bracket with

allen set screws

Insert rounded end under lip in extrusion

Swing opposite end

under other lip

of 16" from any radio antennas!

Permanent Mounting / Stud Mount:

Caution: Permanent mounting of this product will require drilling. Be absolutely sure that no other vehicle components could be damaged by this process. Check both sides of the mounting surface before starting. If damage is likely, select a different mounting location.

1. Insert the 2 Stud

2. Make sure that the

3. Place the lightbar in

4. Remove the lightbar and drill the mounting holes as well as the 5/16” dia.

5. Route the wires through the grommet and to the necessary switches and

6. Secure the lightbar to the vehicle using the hardware provided. From the

IMPORTANT! It is the responsibility of the installation technician to make sure that the installation and operation of this product will not interfere with or compromise the operation or efficiency of any vehicle equipment! Before returning the vehicle to active service, visually confirm the proper operation of this product, as well as all vehicle components/equipment.

Lightbar Cables:

This lightbar uses a 4-conductor cable for LEDs and a 6 conductor cable for options. There is also a 4 conductor cable for BRAKE-TAIL to connect to your brake lights. Extend the 4 and 6 conductor LED and FUNCTION cables towards your switch panel. The instructions included with your switches will provide switch wiring information. The BRAKE-TAIL cable connects to the brake lights.

WARNING! All Customer supplied wires that connect to the positive terminal of the battery must be sized to supply at least 125% of the maximum operating current and FUSED BREAKERS WITH THIS PRODUCT!

6 Conductor Option Cable:

WHITE: Apply +12 volts to activate the Worklight GREEN: Apply +12 volts to activate Pattern Override RED: Apply +12 volts to activate Scan-Lock™ BLUE: Apply +12 volts to activate Low Power.

Mount brackets under the lip in the bottom of the extrusion. (rounded end first) and pivot the bracket so that the other end slides under the other lip in the extrusion.

brackets are sitting all the way at each end of the extrusion, then secure them with the supplied allen set screws.

the exact mounting location. Mark the location of the 2 mounting holes onto the mounting surface, and the area for the wire passage hole. This hole should be located directly below where the wires exit the extrusion.

wire passage hole. De-burr all the holes and install a rubber grommet (customer supplied) into the wire passage hole.

power source as shown in the wiring diagram.

underside of the mounting surface, apply RTV around each mounting hole and the grommeted wire passage hole.

at the battery to carry that load. DO NOT USE CIRCUIT

ORG: Available to add option / + 12 volts to activate / Fuse appropriately BLACK: Ground

RED: Scan-Lock™

LED’s must be on for Scan-Lock™ to work.

TO CHANGE PATTERNS: To cycle forward to the next available pattern: Apply +12

volts to the RED wire for less than 1 second and release. To cycle back to the previous pattern: Apply +12 volts to the RED wire for over 1 second and release.

TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT PATTERN: Allow the desired pattern to run for more than 5 seconds. The lighthead will now display this pattern when activated.

TO RESTORE THE FACTORY DEFAULT PATTERN: With power to the lightheads off, apply +12 volts to the RED wire. While still applying +12 volts to the RED wire, turn power to the lightheads back on and the factory default pattern will be displayed.

A normally open momentary switch can be used to control Scan-Lock™.

GREEN: Pattern Override

Applying +12 volts to the GREEN wire while lightheads are activated will change the flash pattern to whatever “pattern override” is programmed for. To program the flash pattern activate the lightbar. Activate pattern override by applying +12 volts to the GREEN wire then select a flash pattern using the Scan-Lock™ procedure.

BLUE: Low Power

Applying +12 volts DC to the BLUE wire for more than 1 second holds the lightbar in low power mode until that voltage is removed. A toggle switch is best suited for this.

4 Conductor LED Cable:

RED: Apply +12 volts to activate the Front LED’s RED/WHT: Apply +12 volts to activate the Rear LED’s BLACK: Ground wire for Front LED’s BLK/WHT: Ground wire for Rear LED’s

4 Conductor Brake-Tail-Turn Cable: Connect as shown above.

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